My two biggest challenges.... What are yours?

RickN9GSU
RickN9GSU Posts: 47 Member
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Mine are increasing water and decreasing sodium. I'm curious what others might struggle with?
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  • PrincessMel72
    PrincessMel72 Posts: 1,094 Member
    Cutting back the sweets and fatty foods like pizza, cheeseburgers, fries
  • Laurahewlett26
    Laurahewlett26 Posts: 5 Member
    edited March 2017
    Cutting back on sugars and sweets and drinking more water
  • rolenthegreat
    rolenthegreat Posts: 78 Member
    Sugar, it's always refined sugar that takes me over my calorie limit. Gummy bears, chocolate, cookies, Nutella. I'm not terribly discerning when it comes to my sweet tooth.
  • RandiNoelle
    RandiNoelle Posts: 374 Member
    Resisting the urge to eat: 1.) out of boredom while at home and 2.) out with coworkers while at work.
  • Atarahh
    Atarahh Posts: 485 Member
    Staying away from dessert. I love cake! Also trying to stay in calorie range eat healthy when outside the home
  • strshllw84
    strshllw84 Posts: 256 Member
    Increasing water intake and staying motivated to workout
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    edited March 2017
    It's not much of a struggle any more. Even when I was trying to stay low on sodium, once I learned how, it was easy. The biggest sadness was that I had to avoid soy sauce. Now that I've returned to consuming sodium with abandon, I haven't even cared to add soy sauce to anything. For water, I drink coffee all morning and water all afternoon and evening. Once I count 8 cups I quit caring for precision.

    I even got out in the hallway this afternoon and did quick laps for 30 minutes. I just wanted to go fast. There was a woman out there doing laps and talking on her phone. For each 1.2 of her laps, I was getting 2.2.
  • __TMac__
    __TMac__ Posts: 1,669 Member
    Trusting the process and not wigging out with every scale fluctuation.

    Mindless eating (but pre-logging has sorted this for me).
  • tgcake
    tgcake Posts: 59 Member
    1) Not eating when bored.
    2) Medication-induced eating.
  • LearningToFly13
    LearningToFly13 Posts: 329 Member
    I am my own biggest challenge
  • Afura
    Afura Posts: 2,054 Member
    Not eating all the foods. Because I still eat any of the foods I want to.
  • olyamhc
    olyamhc Posts: 60 Member
    Definitely cutting down on sweets (mainly chocolate and cakes) + not eating until I'm literally stuffed. It's always a rollercoaster for me as my moods (boredom, depression) can influence how I eat. Also fluctuations on the scale suck a lot.
  • LaauraLoses
    LaauraLoses Posts: 29 Member
    Not eating food
  • hlmd2
    hlmd2 Posts: 5 Member
    Reducing sodium, and sugar ... There is so much hidden in everything these days... If I can add a third, it would definitely be alcohol. I really need to reduce my drinking..
  • lasombrra
    lasombrra Posts: 1 Member
    Sugar I can keep low no problem, would love to hear about how to keep sodium down. That's a hurdle I've yet to conquer
  • kasey39
    kasey39 Posts: 39 Member
    Time, patience, money, staying away from salty chips...oh wait, only two? ;)
  • DeficitDuchess
    DeficitDuchess Posts: 3,099 Member
    (1.) Batch cooking!
    (2.) Planned exercising!
  • caroldavison332
    caroldavison332 Posts: 864 Member
    TIME! I'm away from the house 13 hours daily and have little time for anything. So I cook tub of eggs, tub o oatmeal, tub of greens and bean soup, a meatloaf and a salmon loaf on the weekends for dinner and breakfast and eat off of the salad bar at work. I still manage to get 30 miles of walking in a week though. I don't understand the water challenge though. Just drink it with your meals, right?
  • caroldavison332
    caroldavison332 Posts: 864 Member
    Staying under on sodium.
  • jennyabsheberly
    jennyabsheberly Posts: 12 Member
    Eating out (or ordering in) and alcohol. I do great when I'm the one cooking, but the healthy meals at restaurants tend to be bland and sad compared to the fried, cheese covered meals that everyone else is ordering. And I always want a drink on the weekends, but the calories...woof. I basically have to skip a meal if I want to imbibe.
  • KosmosKitten
    KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
    Sugar intake became waaaaaaay easier once I switched from regular soda to diet and stopped bringing in foods that had loads of added sugar to to them (cheesecake and holiday cakes are my weakness).

    Now its:

    Sodium intake (not always horribly over, but still over and that bothers me)
    Sometimes late night (after 7PM) snacking (I still count these, but it's resisting the urge when I'm hungry at night or making sure I eat something that "fits" into my calories for the day). Easier said than done some days.
  • pikachuFL
    pikachuFL Posts: 75 Member
    edited March 2017
    My two biggest challenges are I hate exercising and I have way too many food associations, that is foods I like to eat together instead of having one or the other. A thin person craving French fries will go to McDonalds, get their fries, and be perfectly happy. If I'm craving fries, I'll get the fries, a double cheeseburger, and a hot fudge sundae with nuts because I'll want something to go with my fries. I'm trying to break those associations or at least make healthier pairings. If I want something with my fries, I can get a side salad, apple slices, or a parfait, bot not all of those!
  • Shanel0916
    Shanel0916 Posts: 586 Member
    Well that's easy #1 overeating #2 overeating sugary foods
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    Water & strength training. Doing pretty well with water these days, except for the weekends. Strength training: not so great!
    RickN9GSU wrote: »
    I'm curious what others might struggle with?

  • emmalouise2222
    emmalouise2222 Posts: 12 Member
    Drinking more water and keeping myself motivated. If I am being honest not having a glass of red wine in the
    evening is also a challenge....I still view it as reward.
  • amandaeve
    amandaeve Posts: 723 Member
    1- The 2pm stretch at work. I get bored and have a hard time sitting still so I can work. So I stuff myself with crap and then I feel gross and can't move. I get the work done, but feel like a blob.

    2- At home, after dinner. The bf hands me some lovingly made dessert, or cocktail. I'm not hungry, and eating more will make me overstuffed, but it looks so good and it was made as a treat just for me.
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    1. I'm sort of lazy. And by sort of I mean very. So sometimes I just have to make myself move when I'd much rather be a couch barnacle.
    2. I like food. Shopping for it, planning menus, preparing it, and of course eating it. Food is social, food is love, food is a hobby.
  • koreemassey0988
    koreemassey0988 Posts: 1 Member
    I'm completely new to the app. I am not new at trying to loose weight and get healthy. I just turned 50 and wanted to have reached my healthy weight before my bday, but didn't make it. I am more determined than ever. I started getting REAL serious in 2015. I had sooooooo much to learn. I keep heading in the right direction with new hurdles along the way. My current hurdle is too FAT intake. I am not getting all my calories, I'm short 200- 400 a day but keep going over on fat. It's good fat at least. But this is my current hurdle.
  • slyhoney1983
    slyhoney1983 Posts: 3 Member
    My 2 are soda pop and potato chips. I am trying to cut the soda back, but its hard.

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